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Relating to time and temperature. An epithet given to a fanciful 'system' by Dr. Samuel Dickson, which maintains, that there can be no increase or diminution of temperature without motion; no motion without time; that motion consists in attraction and repulsion; that attraction and repulsion are peculiar to electric action; and hence, that medicines must change the motions of the system, and be electrical in their operation.
By Robley Dunglison
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- A serotonin antagonist with limited antihistaminic, anticholinergic, and immunosuppressive activity.